Woman killed, daughter injured by gunman in Reach

A woman was fatally shot and her 11-year-old daughter shot and injured while sleeping in their one bedroom house in Reach, Portland about midnight.

The woman's four-year-old son, who was in the house at the time, was not hurt.

Reports are that the woman, who is said to be a higgler, was at home sleeping with her children when a lone gunman entered the one bedroom dwelling and shot her. The gunman also shot her daughter in the ankle before leaving.

The woman was pronounced dead by a doctor who came to the scene and her daughter rushed to hospital.

This brings to three the number of people killed in Portland so far this year.